# HANDLING OF MATERIALS
> MSHA accident `220012190005` · 07/30/2001 · Mountain Cement Company LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDLING OF MATERIALS
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Blacksmith, Bull gang, Parts runner, Roustabout, Pick-up man, Pitman
- **Activity:** Machine maintenance
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** EYE(S) OPTIC NERVE/VISON
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.3 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Eagle Materials Inc
- **Operator:** Mountain Cement Company LLC
- **Mine:** [4800007](https://api.morvs.ai/mine/4800007)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE WAS HANGING A SAFETY GUARD BY THE FINISH MILLS WHEN HE KNOCKED SOME MATERIAL LOOSE. CEMENT DUST BECAME AIRBORNE AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS LEFT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSE S W/SIDE SHIELDS AND A CLEAR FACE SHIELD ATTACHED TO HIS HARD HAT. EMPLOYEE FLUSHED EYE W/EYEWASH SOLUTION AND FINISHED HIS SHIFT. EYE STILL IRRITATED, EXAMINED BY DR. AND GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*